Nov. 17, 2016

US-China Economic and Security Review Commission releases annual report to Congress supporting Pres-elect Donald J Trump's criticism Chinese are not dealing fairly; commission urges greater scrutiny over trade and investment with China including rejection of purchases made by Chinese state-owned businesses of American companies, and chastises government for lacking comprehensive program blocking data hacks and intelligence collection by China. MORE

Oct. 28, 2016

Bid for country-sized chunk of grazing land in Australia by conglomerate made up of Australian mining magnate Gina Rinehart and Shanghai CRED has reignited public concerns Chinese are buying up significant part of Australian economy and driving up home prices; outcry has caused government to block some bids and prompted some lawmakers to seek stiffer rules for foreign buyers. MORE

Sep. 16, 2016

Pres Obama stalls in vetoing bill permitting families of victims of Sept 11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia for its role in crime; hopes delay will give senators time to reconsider their support for measure, for which bipartisan support has begun to erode, and prevent vote to override veto. MORE

Jun. 21, 2016

Indian government announces new rules governing foreign investment that shift country away from socialist and protectionist policies adopted in wake of country's independence; rules will allow foreign investors to have 100 percent ownership of companies in defense, civil aviation and food industries and have relaxed regulations that have made it difficult for some companies to introduce retail operations. MORE

May. 17, 2016

Orlando City soccer club owner Flavio Augusto da Silva and president Phil Rawlins are building new stadium with help of foreign investors; project is using 25-year-old federal cash-for-visa program, known as EB-5, which grants investors in American infrastructure visas green card that allows them, their spouses and sometimes even their children to live and work in United States; in addition to green card, investors in project will receive two club seats for 10 seasons. MORE

May. 10, 2016

Businessmen Ariel Quiros and William Stenger are accused of largest fraud ever perpetrated in state of Vermont; pair raised $350 million through federal visa program that allows wealthy foreign citizens to invest in distressed areas in exchange for green cards and permanent residency; Securities and Exchange Commission civil complaint says Quiros and Stenger diverted more than $200 million of those funds, intended to finance economic development in town of Newport, into massive array of fraudulent accounts. MORE

May. 10, 2016

It is unclear whether Ukraine's newly adopted trade agreement with European Union will help struggling country, which is one of Northern Hemisphere's poorest nations; while foreign investment is growing, some companies are reluctant to move in after years of war and recession. MORE

Apr. 20, 2016

Experts say Saudi Arabia could hurt itself more than United States should it follow through on threat to sell off American investments; threat was meant to deter Congress from passing law allowing country to be held responsible for its role in Sept 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. MORE

Apr. 16, 2016

Saudi Arabia warns of economic fallout if United States passes bill allowing families of victims of September 11 terrorist attacks to sue Saudi government; Pres Obama is set to meet with King Salman and other Saudi officials in Riyadh, but it is unclear whether dispute over Sept 11 legislation will be discussed. MORE

Mar. 15, 2016

Andrew Ross Sorkin DealBook column observes Chinese companies are on buying spree in United States; cites Anbang Insurance Group's $6.5 billion purchase of properties from Blackstone Group and its $12.8 billion bid for Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide as examples; points out purchases will probably be reviewed by federal committee for national security. MORE

Mar. 12, 2016

India and Japan enter talks to enhance civilian infrastructure on India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands, widely viewed as critical assets to counter China's growing influence in Indian Ocean; partnership is significant policy shift on Indian government's part, which has not previously accepted foreign investment in archipelago. MORE

Feb. 24, 2016

Steven Davidoff Solomon Deal Professor column notes that increasing number of Chinese companies are seeking to do deals in United States, but keep running into national security entanglements; cites as example Tsinghua Unisplendour Corporation's planned purchase of 15 percent stake in American hard disk drive maker Western Digital. MORE

Feb. 18, 2016

Chinese companies' acquisitive appetite for American tech firms is causing alarm in Obama administration and in Congress; backlash from government scrutiny has led Fairchild Semiconductor International to reject $2.5 billion takeover offer from Chinese state-backed buyers. MORE

Feb. 14, 2016

More wealthy Chinese families are engaging in practice known as Smurfing, in which they will ask friends and family to carry or transfer annual legal limit of $50,000 out of country, due to fears about value of China's renminbi currency; practice is part of larger exodus of capital from country that is raising questions about country's economic future and is undermining global markets. MORE

Feb. 14, 2016

Wealth strategists say changes in fundamental factors are making foreign stocks attractive once again following long doldrums; MORE

Jan. 25, 2016

Investors are fleeing emerging markets over fears of Chinese currency turbulence and global slowdown, shaking big asset management companies that emphasized third world investments for their higher returns; record $105 billion was withdrawn from global mutual funds in 2015, with United States-based asset managers accounting for 26 percent. MORE

Jan. 20, 2016

Many experts say it is time to reconsider idea of world economy fueled by emerging-market growth and innovation, which has long been championed by financial elite who attend annual World Economic Forum in Davos, as many of these much-heralded countries begin to struggle with debt and other economic problems. MORE

Jan. 14, 2016

Firebird Management hedge fund manager James Passin is investing $7 million in North Korea, betting neo-Stalinist state harbors as much as billion barrels of oil; with American sanctions in place, risks are high. MORE

Dec. 31, 2015

Chinese truck firm Beiqi Foton Motor opened factory in western Indian village of Shinde, but it faces cultural clash as plant upends life there; company wants another parcel of land, but local monks and other residents oppose move; Chinese businesses investing in other countries are wrestling with complex cultural, political and competitive issues (Series: The China Factor). MORE

Dec. 11, 2015

Foreign investors are looking for indications that Greece has solid footing following period in which country flirted with departing euro. MORE

Nov. 29, 2015

Chinese buyers flush with cash are buying up luxury homes across United States, seeking better life, and better returns, than in home country; 69 percent of home purchases are in cash; Chinese money is reshaping residential and commercial real estate markets (Series: The China Factor). MORE

Nov. 17, 2015

American financial firm TIAA-CREF is found to be heavily invested in agricultural expansion on edge of Amazon rain forests despite Brazilian government's 2010 restrictions on large-scale land deals by foreigners; opponents say company, which bills itself as socially and environmentally responsible, bought land from dubious speculators who displaced previous owners. MORE

Nov. 15, 2015

Foreign real estate buyers, who have gained reputation for snatching up marquee New York properties at upscale addresses, and leaving them frequently vacant, are increasingly purchasing more modest properties and living in them; shift is due to variety of factors, economic, cultural and political, peculiar to buyers' home regions. MORE

Oct. 4, 2015

Completion of myriad of Chinese rail projects in Latin America is in doubt; increased economic strain within China and reality of doing business in region fraught with environmental and political issues has stymied Chinese ambitions. MORE

Aug. 22, 2015

Iranian leaders hope for flood of foreign investments if nuclear deal with world powers gains final approval and economic sanctions are lifted; Iran's Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Act gives foreigners 100 percent ownership rights and offers number of tax exemptions that, in certain conditions, can rise to 100 percent of an enterprise’s profits. MORE

Aug. 7, 2015

Hundreds of deeply-indebted Chinese municipalities are trying to attract local and foreign investors to help pay for infrastructure and services; low-cost government loans from Beijing are drying up as officials fret over rising debt; trend is exemplified by city of Weifang in eastern China, which has had early success in attracting private capital. MORE

Jul. 23, 2015

Asian mobile video game makers are looking to buy into United States market, with South Korean publisher Netmarble Games set to announce $130 million investment in mobile game studio SGN; other Asian companies that have invested in US gaming assets include Alibaba, Sega and Tencent. MORE

Jul. 16, 2015

Barriers to entry persist for Western businesses in Iran despite nuclear agreement, and influx of foreign investment is not expected in near future; nation's business culture has developed over 37 years of isolation, and is sometimes incompatible with outsiders; those companies interested in doing business there are expected to do extensive information gathering and due diligence before investing. MORE

Jun. 19, 2015

About 70 American chief executives and officers, along with even more from Europe, attend three-day economic conference in St Petersburg, Russia, despite objections of their home governments; attendance, following year in which most western businesses boycotted the event, amounts to coup for Russian government as it faces recession. MORE

Jun. 10, 2015

Chinese stocks, already soaring in value, may receive billions more dollars in investment should MSCI stock index follow through on plan to add Chinese mainland stocks to its emerging-markets index; proposal still faces significant barriers that reflect how far China still has to come in meeting Western financial standards; hurdles include investment quotas and legal rights of foreign shareholders. MORE

May. 24, 2015

Gretchen Morgenson Fair Game column investigates how unreported deferred tax liabilities on foreign corporate profits can be significantly misleading to investors; observes that American companies have avoided paying taxes on some $2.1 trillion in foreign earnings by declaring their intention to re-invest them abroad, though claims are dubious; argues that it has become extremely difficult to calculate just how much of a companies' earnings consists of such foreign profits. MORE

May. 20, 2015

China unveils list of billions of dollars in investment programs and loans for Brazil; Petrobras, entangled in bribery scandal, will get $7 billion in financing; railroad project is envisioned to cut through Amazon rain forest. MORE

May. 20, 2015

Study prepared by Rhodium Group finds Chinese companies have invested some $46 billion in United States since 2000, rate that has increased significantly over past five years; study finds investments scattered broadly across regions and industries, touching real estate, manufacturing and technology. MORE

May. 17, 2015

Federal EB-5 Immigrant Investor visa program is increasingly being used by New York City real estate developers as relatively easy way to secure financing for projects; millions of foreigners, most of them from China, have taken advantage of program, which allows them to apply for green card if they invest $500,000 in development project in New York that will employ at least 10 people. MORE

Apr. 12, 2015

Stocks in 'frontier' emerging-market countries like Kazakhstan, Kenya and Kuwait have posted considerable gains in early 2015, in stark contrast to traditional emerging markets like China, Brazil and Russia; mutual funds that invest in such markets have also soared. MORE

Mar. 11, 2015

Emerging market economies, once seen as a portfolio staple, are losing luster for investors amid political instability, faltering economies and the steady rise of the American dollar; Turkish lira and Brazilian real have fallen to multiyear lows, and Russian ruble remains deeply unstable following plunge. MORE

Feb. 10, 2015

Residency programs are proliferating across European Union in which wealthy foreigners can obtain residency visas by investing substantial sums of money in a given country. MORE

Feb. 10, 2015

Buying frenzy for luxury New York City apartments in sleek residential skyscrapers continues to reach new heights, with buyers pushing prices beyond $100 million mark; irony is that opulent dwellings, mostly purchased by foreign investors, will sit empty most of the time. MORE

Dec. 29, 2014

German companies are putting off projects and investments in Russia due to mistrust over Ukrainian conflict; more than one-third of German firms with Russian operations are likely to cancel investment projects; Germany is Russia's third-largest trading partner. MORE

Dec. 24, 2014

Experts say Cuban Pres Raul Castro's agreement with United States to normalize relations seems driven by economics, but questions remain about how many free market changes his government will undertake; foreign investors have balked at tight control in Cuba, and prospect of increased trade between two nations may make little headway unless country overcomes its resistance to change. MORE

Dec. 22, 2014

Lawyers are scrambling to determine whether normalized relations with Cuba will create opportunity to get compensation for lost properties now estimated to be worth nearly $7 billion; almost 6,000 Cuban properties owned by American citizens and companies, including farms, oil refineries, homes and factories, were confiscated by the Cuban government in years after Fidel Castro took power. MORE

Nov. 7, 2014

Editorial criticizes State Dept for helping to organize large investment conference for American business in Egypt; notes that conference coincides with deadline Egyptian government imposed in blatant effort to shut down independent groups that promote civil society and human rights; urges American executives taking part in conference to consider whether investing in Egypt is worthwhile if it means strengthening despotic system. MORE

Nov. 7, 2014

American brands like McDonalds are suffering political reprisals in Russia as part of tit-for-tat over United States and European Union sanctions for Russia's meddling in Ukraine; moves, along with prospect of recession, have curdled outlook for multinational companies that have invested billions of dollars in Russia. MORE

Oct. 23, 2014

Sub-Saharan countries have raised nearly $7 billion this year, more than in all of 2013, and yields on many bonds have fallen, even with the Ebola outbreak. MORE

Oct. 12, 2014

Emerging-market bonds have become increasingly popular, striking compromise between standard stocks and bonds; offer better returns than developed-world debt without the excessive risk of emerging-market stocks; have remained popular despite crises in countries like Argentina and Ukraine. MORE

Oct. 12, 2014

Big Deal column; New York City real estate has undergone a significant shift, with brokers courting overseas buyers; ever-expanding inventory of foreigner-friendly buildings is making New York hot spot for global wealth, and developers are increasingly building with a foreign clientele in mind. MORE